Wordy Weekly XXXII Latin and Greek both have some beautiful words for colours and some (well, quite a few actually) have made their way...

Discoveries have not always been welcomed. At first, some have even been feared, or branded heresy, impiety, treachery, you name it. This...

Towards a more interconnected view of Learning and Knowledge Richard Feynman said that the sentence which contained, ‘the most scientific...

Following last week’s post, I had some jolly messages from friends (yes, I do have friends…despite the puns!) who offered their own...

Music and Human Character The second part of this exploration of the power and importance of music by ancient authors looks at the...

Music is one of life’s pleasures and one we can all enjoy. I love music and I enjoy playing it and performing it. I make no claim to...

Wordy Weekly XXX One slightly mad classics-related love of mine is the fact that it can introduce you to words, no longer used or...

Ancient Words, Modern Wisdom Two posts on my LinkedIn feed inspired today’s ‘Thought for the Day.’ The first was a clearly very capable...

Ancient Depictions of Scenes from Everyday Life Dog owners and lovers will be familiar with the following scene: “Dogs fuss over their...

At the opening of his book, The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity, Benjamin Isaac notes that the term ‘racism’ is relatively...

Today’s thought for the day is inspired by the following passage from the Greek historian, Polybius. “They also entrusted them [a...

If you do not already know Sallust’s works or have not previously heard of him, I hope you will be inspired to investigate him further by...

“Education breeds knowledge. Knowledge can lead to critical thinking. Critical thinking is power.” This Aristotle-styled syllogism is...

Born in Arpinum (a town that received full Roman citizenship in 188) in 106, Cicero became the most famous Roman orator, arguably the...

Is Democracy a necessary condition for Comedy to flourish? When I Googled ‘the connection between democracy and comedy’, on the first...

(okay, so there's a reason I am not a comedian) Myths are obviously an important part of the ancient world. it would be very easy to...

A slightly different approach to the Wordy Weekly this week. Wordy Links. In Latin fero and in Greek φέρω mean ‘I bring, I bear, I...

This week, we are going to look at the linguistic journey of a familiar modern phrase, a favourite dish actually, from its Latin...

"A man walks into a library looking menacing with a very large Greek lexicon under his arm. He stands threatening by the librarian...

As the first entry in the 'Who's Who?' section of the blog, we must start with 'Homer'. But who was he? This might seem like an odd...